Elder Esplin could still taste Elder Dobrovnik on his lips as he sat quietly in the ward mission leader’s home. His companion was off to meet with President Oaks and he was left obsessing over the events of the previous night.

Yesterday, Elder Esplin had been ready to pack his bags and abandon his mission before Elder Dobrovnik revealed to him the truth of the higher priesthood—that sex was not just important but that it was powerful to the Priesthood. And that in doing so with each other, not only would they be coming closer together as companions, but they’d be preparing themselves for a secret brotherhood.

Elder Esplin hadn’t thought about having sex with men before, but in a way it made a strange kind of sense to him. Even though he liked girls, he knew boys are the ones who always want sex.

Having spent countless nights looking for answers, Elder Dobrovnik gave him the first